Organizational Structure
Plan of WU Vienna
University of Economics
and Business
Preamble
Effective as of January 1, 2017, the University Board approved the following amendments to the
Organizational Structure Plan (published in the WU Bulletin on December 17, 2003, issue 9, no. 60,
last amended as published in the WU Bulletin on October 28, 2015, issue 5, no. 27), on December
19, 2016, after presentation by the Rector’s Council and acknowledgment by the Senate in
accordance with § 21 (1) line 1 of the 2002 Universities Act (Universitätsgesetz):
1.
This Organizational Structure Plan describes the internal organization of WU Vienna University
of Economics and Business. The Plan differentiates between academic units (teaching and/or
research facilities) and administrative/service units.
2.
The University’s academic units consist of Departments, Research Institutes, Competence
Centers, and the WU Executive Academy. Within Departments, the establishment of Institutes
and Groups is permissible pursuant to §§ 17 (1) and 20 (1) of the University By-Laws.
3.
With the exception of the bodies named in item 4 below, each administrative/service unit is
allocated to a specific member of the Rector’s Council. Pursuant to §11 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Rector’s Council, the Vice-Rectors act as supervisors to the employees of
these units on behalf of the Rector.
4.
The office of the Senate and the office of the Equal Opportunities Working Group are service
units that are allocated to the Senate and the Equal Opportunities Working Group,
respectively, and not to the Rector’s Council. The Chair of the Senate acts as supervisor to the
employees of the office of the Senate on behalf of the Rector. The Chair of the Equal
Opportunities Working Group acts as supervisor to the employees of the office of the Equal
Opportunities Working Group on behalf of the Rector.
5.
The internal organization of the University is described and depicted in Annexes 1 and 2.
Chair of the University Board:
DI Brigitte Jilka, MBA
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Annex 1
Organization of academic units
Departments
Research Institutes
Competence Centers
Business, Employment and
Capital Markets
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Social Security Law
CEE Legal Studies
Empirical Research Methods
Computational Methods
Experimental Research
Economics
Finance, Accounting and Statistics
2)
Co-Operation and Co-Operatives
Nonprofit Organizations and Social
Foreign Language Business Communication
Economics of Aging
Entrepreneurship
Global Business and Trade
Economics of Inequality
Sustainability
European Affairs (Europainstitut)
WU Entrepreneurship Center (WU EC)
Family Business
WU Executive Academy
Kompetenzzentren
2)
Information Systems and Operations
Management
Marketing
1) 2)
2)
2)
Human Capital and Development
Public Law and Tax Law
International Taxation
Socioeconomics
Liberal Professions
Strategy and Innovation
Regulatory Economics
The Department of Management has been commissioned
with the implementation of the interdisciplinary gender
research and teaching activities required under § 49 of the
University’s plan for the advancement of women
(Frauenförderungsplan).
Spatial and Real Estate Economics
2)
Supply Chain Management
Urban Management and Governance
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1)
The business administration-related Departments Finance,
Accounting and Statistics, Information Systems and
Operations, Management, Marketing, Strategy and
Innovation, and Global Business and Trade together form
the Convention of Business Administration-Related
Departments (Konvent der betriebswirtschaftlichen
Departments).
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Annex 2
Service/administrative units, allocation to
individual Rector’s Council members
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